About

I am a Professor of Information Science & Technology and Computer Science based in the iSchool at Drexel University. My interests cover a broad range of the computing disciplines with software engineering serving as a home base.

My research interests include technology for teaching and learning, education in the computing and information disciplines, and various aspects of software engineering.  Recently, I have been exploring student participation in humanitarian FOSS (Free and Open Source Software) projects as a means to improve computing education and attract additional students to computing

I am also interested in efforts to create repositories of teaching materials and online communities that will support computing education.  I curate the SWENET collection of software engineering materials and am part of the Ensemble team (the NSF NSDL Computing Pathway).

I have been extensively involved with the College’s online education programs since 1995, and still do some research and evaluation related to online education.  I also teach online regularly.

Prior to coming to Drexel I spent almost 20 years as a computing professional working primarily in the area of enterprise systems management.